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Flashpoints: SF Rolling Thunder Downhome Democracy Tour Flashpoints Radio July 4 and 5:
- live broadcasts from Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Downhome Democracy Tour - SomArts Center 934 Brannon Street San Francisco
- segments with Navaho women Weaving for Resistance, Steve Zeltzer and Labor Fest, Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange, SF Mime Troop - Mr. Smith goes to Obscuristan, Michael Franti, more
Celebration continues until midnight Saturday...
Posted: Sat, Jul 6, 2002 1:44pm PDT
7/10 Rally at Chinese Consulate for Jailed Unionists Please come to the rally and press conference on Wednesday, July 10 at 12 noon in front of the Chinese Consulate (1450 Laguna @ Geary Blvd. - near Japantown) to protest the jailing of the Liaoyang 5, five Chinese union representatives....
Posted: Fri, Jul 5, 2002 2:48pm PDT
SF Day Labor Program Under Attack After the SF Day Labor Program's recent worker-led speak-out against police ticketing, the Mayor's office announced that it will put up for public bid the money which the city provides to La Raza Centro Legal to administer the program. This move is blatent retaliation for the workers' political activities and puts this important program in serious jeopardy....
Posted: Tue, Jul 2, 2002 12:15pm PDT
ILWU Rally 
Supporters of the ILWU rallied at the Port of Oakland June 27....
Posted: Sun, Jun 30, 2002 5:33pm PDT
Remembered by ILWU. Bloody Thursday! 1934. Two workers killed. General Strike follows. (video/x-pn-realvideo 508.8KB) Spaking at the ILWU rally in Oakland on 6/27, Art Polasky (spelling ?) Alameda County AFL-CIO, recalls the events leading up to the general strike in SF in 1934...
Posted: Sat, Jun 29, 2002 9:41pm PDT
London dockworker, Case Marges, addresses the ILWU rally in Oakland, 6/27/02. (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.1MB) With three union contracts running at the Port of Oakland on 6/30/02, a rally was held on 6/27/02 during a break in negotiations. US workers wereinformed that general strikes are happening in Europe and Latin America to stop rollbacks, to protest privatization and challenge global corporate power. Here London dock worker Case Marges (spelling uncertain) address the rally....
Posted: Sat, Jun 29, 2002 6:54pm PDT
ILWU rally in Oakland 6/27/02, brings out the world. (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.0MB) Several union port worker contracts on the west coast are running out this month. Negotiations are underway. During a break in negotiations today, 6/27/02 a rally was held at Port View Park in Oakland. Speakers from around the world were heard. In this 7 min video, a negotiator outlines the issues/...
Posted: Thu, Jun 27, 2002 8:58pm PDT
Networked Web/Microradio Broadcast of Portworkers Rally The Portworkers Rally at the Port of Oakland at 11:00 am on June 27, 2002 will be broadcast over a web/microradio network along the West Coast. A live microradio broadcast from the Port of Oakland will be received by the SF IMC and web cast to other IMC's, where the streams will be picked up and broadcast via the Internet and microradio....
Posted: Thu, Jun 27, 2002 12:38am PDT
6/27WWW Broadcast Of ILWU/Maritime Port Workers Rally Northern California Port Workers will rally to defend ILWU members, UPS Teamsters & SEIU 790 Port Workers on June 27, 2002...
Posted: Thu, Jun 27, 2002 12:34am PDT
Tell BART: Don't Balance Your Budget on the Backs of BART Workers and the Working Class! Attend the BART hearing THURSDAY:
Parking, fare increases
Who: BART Board of Directors
What: Public hearing on fare increases and parking fees
Time: 9 a.m., June 27
Place: BART Board Room, First Floor, 800 Madison St., Oakland...
Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2002 11:49am PDT
6/30: SF Gay Day: Labor Contingent Welcomes All San Francisco is all dressed up in its rainbow best, ready for its 1 million strong 32nd Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual Pride Parade which commences on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. from Beale and Market and goes to 8th and Market, where there will be a huge celebration at the Civic Center. The Labor Contingent welcomes everyone, including straight people, who support labor and gay rights to join us....
Posted: Mon, Jun 24, 2002 8:32pm PDT
Major Portworkers Rally at Final Hours of Contracts As contract negotiations reach their final hours, and the possibility of a shutdown of ports along the entire West Coast looms, portworkers will hold a major rally at Port View Park (end of 7th Street), Port of Oakland at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27, 2002. On June 30, contracts with the Pacific Maritime Association expire for nearly all West Coast maritime workers’ unions....
Posted: Thu, Jun 20, 2002 3:42pm PDT
Midwifery: Case in Point (WINGS #17 & 18-02) (audio/mpeg 23.9MB) WINGS #17-02 -- Part I -- A case brought against a local home birth midwife in Grass Valley, California, leads to a judge's ruling in her favor that has wide implications for the midwifery trade.
WINGS #18-02--Part II -- California state law is changed to accommodate the new view of homebirth midwifery. Comparisons with midwifery regulation and practices in other countries....
Posted: Thu, Jun 20, 2002 11:40am PDT
Anti-labor Willie Brown Anti-labor Willie Brown threatened the jobs of workers to get them to acquiesce to his viciously anti-labor proposal to balance the San Francisco city budget on the backs of the workingclass, instead of taxing the profits of the large corporations which could easily be done and is being proposed as a ballot measure. This good Democrat has built his viciously anti-workingclass, anti-tenant career in which he became a millionaire real estate attorney on the lie that he cares about labor....
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2002 7:59am PDT
6/30 SF Gay Day: Stop Fascism; Join the Parade As most people know, June 30, 2002 is Gay Pride Day in San Francisco. This year, it is urgent that everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, bisexual and any other sexual orientation, participate in the parade to demonstrate to the current fascist president, George War Bush, that the gay liberation movement is here to stay and grow, and that we will not tolerate a fascist dictatorship....
Posted: Sun, Jun 16, 2002 3:11pm PDT
LaborFest2002 Calendar Of Events The ninth annual LaborFest 2002 will begin it's celebration on July 5, 2002 with films from the US and Turkey as well as photographs of Joe Blum and paintings by Mike Conner...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 9:11pm PDT
6/27BA Rally For Maritime/Transport Workers N. Cal Maritime&Transport Workers will rally on June 27 in preparation for a possible W.Coast ILWU strike or lockout. Also a support meeting will be held on June 18 7:00 PM at 400 N. Point St. SF...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 7:38pm PDT
6/14 Father's Day Action By Day Laborers No Father’s Day for Men on Cesar Chavez Street. Parents beg mayor, police to end the ticketing and move-alongs....
Posted: Thu, Jun 13, 2002 3:13pm PDT
Strike at Marriott Courtyard Hotel 
Strike at San Francisco's Marriott Courtyard Hotel...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 10:02pm PDT
SAN FRANCISCO! INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PROTESTS AT FOOTLOCKER JUNE 13 San Francisco has 4 Footlockers. The Campaign for Labor Rights is coordinating actions in 20+ cities to protest Footlocker. 2) Contact Campaign for Labor Rights, CLR@afgj.org, 202-544-9355, or go to
the US/LEAP website to get an action packet (available
Monday, June 10th) that includes:
~ Leaflet samples to download and use
~ Talking points for store managers
~ Up-to-date reports of the STIT fight in El Salvador and the international
campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 8:16pm PDT
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